After being universally criticized online, I went viral on military-themed variety shows.

Chapter 222 The Strange Child, Suspecting Abandonment

Jiang Hanying didn't plan to wait until the end to eat the remaining few pieces of braised pork; she picked up her chopsticks and devoured them in a few bites.

Then he got up and made some meat broth to make meat broth rice soup.

I occasionally glance at the little one eating quietly across from me.

After watching it a few times, she noticed something.

This child is eating far too cautiously.

Three- or four-year-old children generally cannot control their hands and feet very well. Some still need to be fed by adults. When they eat on their own, they often make a mess. Even those with relatively strong self-control will inevitably spill some rice grains.

Even adults sometimes spill some soup or rice.

But the little one across from her has been eating for several minutes now, and has managed to keep the entire table spotless.

It didn't even make a sound.

Because viewers in the live stream expressed their concern for the child in the bullet comments section, Jiang Hanying had an additional fixed camera.

This scene also caught the attention of many viewers.

My goodness, this child is so well-behaved!

[My brother, whom everyone hates, should really see how this little girl eats. He's five years old and still needs to be chased around and fed by adults, and he throws his bowl when he gets angry. Compared to him, this little girl is practically an angel!]

Judging by her dining etiquette, she must come from a wealthy family. It's rare that she's not picky about food at all, and she even finished all the side dishes!

[Wait, doesn't anyone sense something's off? This is behaving abnormally well.]

What's unusual? Is it wrong for a child to eat well?

[I'm a psychologist, and I just noticed a detail. When Jiang Hanying finished her meat and got up to get some broth, the child subconsciously put down her chopsticks. Only after Jiang Hanying returned and sat down did she pick them up again to continue eating. What I'm about to say might be a little uncomfortable for some, but when I saw this reaction, the first word that flashed through my mind was: domestication!]

[It might be because the child comes from a traditional and strict family. There are so many rules in my hometown; I got punished quite a bit for misbehaving when I was a kid. But it's not all bad; at least now, I'm praised by many for my manners in social situations, like dining out.]

[Friend above, did you have to start learning to follow rules in everything when you were three years old? No, this little one in the live stream is only three years old and can already do this much. Does that mean they have to start learning from the moment they can walk?]

What kind of adult would be so heartless? The child is so young!

I definitely couldn't bring myself to do that; I'd suppress my child's lively nature.

I just searched the word "taming" and found a bunch of videos of people taming small animals. Then I compared it to the girl in the livestream, and you know what, they're somewhat similar.

After some discussion, the viewers in the live stream began to observe more closely.

Jiang Hanying put down her chopsticks and pulled out a tissue to wipe her mouth. She finally saw some urgency on the small face opposite her.

My eating speed also increased.

But when you're in a rush, it's easy to make mistakes, and a few grains of rice were accidentally picked out and fell onto the table.

Before the little one could lower her head and lick the table, Jiang Hanying swiftly stopped her head from touching the table.

"You can't eat it, it's unhygienic."

Even though the table is wiped every day, it's still a bit much to lick it directly. If she hadn't seen it, it would have been fine, but once she did, she couldn't accept it.

The little one said weakly, "We can't waste it."

Jiang Hanying took a tissue and wiped away the few grains of rice. "They're gone."

What a waste!
He paused for a moment, then said, "Eat slowly, I'm not rushing you."

Upon hearing this, the little guy did indeed slow down his eating speed, taking only one bite before glancing up at Jiang Hanying.

Jiang Hanying: I have no temper when I'm seen! It wasn't like this before!

She suddenly thought of a possibility and decided to give it a try.

So he got up again, got a bowl of rice, poured some meat broth on it, and brought it back.

As they continued eating, the person opposite them visibly relaxed and returned to their initial eating rhythm.

Looking at it this way, it does seem a bit strange.

[If someone has good manners, they probably wouldn't lick the food off the table, right?]

[Didn't Jiang Hanying already finish eating? Why is she eating again?]

After Jiang Hanying finished eating and wiped her mouth, the child was noticeably more eager. Didn't you see that when she started eating again, the child became less impatient? This child seems to be very afraid of making others wait.

[It's quite impressive that she noticed this detail; Jiang Hanying definitely deserves a thumbs up for this.]

This is her third bowl of rice already; she'll probably be stuffed today!

I don't know why, but seeing the little girl like this makes me feel a little sorry for her!

[I hope the police officers and guests can find the child's family quickly. I'm really curious about what kind of people her parents are and how they raised her to be like this.]

[They are probably a pair of extremely controlling parents.]

The two, one big and one small, put down their chopsticks almost simultaneously.

Lin Mofei sat quietly nearby waiting for them to finish eating before getting up and walking over. Seeing the clean plates in front of the children, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Although he was careful when getting his food, removing the less appealing side dishes, there was still some left over.

Unexpectedly, everything was eaten up, leaving only some inedible seasonings such as Sichuan peppercorns and minced garlic.

This is cleaner than what adults eat!

I felt inexplicably ashamed.

He still had some ginger and green pepper strips that he didn't like left.

"You ate so cleanly, that's great!"

He proudly lifted the child off the chair and looked at the guests still in the cafeteria, saying, "We need to take up everyone's lunch break today, as we need to find this child's family as soon as possible."

Everyone agreed with the suggestion.

Parents who lost their children must be incredibly anxious; they probably didn't even have time to eat lunch.

As I walked out of the cafeteria and into the front office area, colleagues from the police station were already reviewing the road surveillance footage from which the little girl's trail was first discovered.

Seeing Lin Mofei approaching with the child, he said, "Brother Lin, something's not right."

"What's wrong?"

“Look, the child first appeared at the intersection of Xinjie Road next door at 10:35 a.m. This street was recently renovated, and only streetlights have been installed. Surveillance cameras haven’t been installed yet, so we can’t trace back any further. But that’s not the key point. It wasn’t until the kind girl brought the child to our police station that the incident happened at 12:30 p.m.”

At this point, he took a deep breath, "For a full two hours, this child lingered around the intersection of Xinjie Road and under the billboard where that girl found her. The nearby surveillance cameras captured her several times. And look at her clothes, they're quite conspicuous; she'd definitely stand out in a crowd. But the parents have been there for two hours—no, almost three hours now—and still haven't realized their child is missing! I've also asked the police stations to the south and west, and they haven't received any reports of a missing child either. So, I suspect..."

Meeting the child's bright, dark eyes, the man silently swallowed his words.

However, even if he didn't finish his sentence, it didn't prevent everyone from guessing what he was going to say.

Abandoned!